Chapter 33 - Chapter 33

Amelia was at a private hangar with Arabel, ready to take flight with the business jet.

Arabel was with their bags and she was walking behind Amelia smiling. She could not get enough of Amelia's amazing fashion sense even for a second.

Amelia was wearing a long sleeve black jumpsuit, a cosy electric blue coat and black ankle boots. She also had on a black beret and a small black handbag giving her the nice Parisian look. Her mask was all black, but they had little strokes of electric blue, like they were paints splattered on the mask. Her whole outfit gave off an artistic look.

She suddenly heard a familiar voice behind her.

" Bonjour mon amour (Good morning my love)"

She turned around to see that it was Belle. She rolled her eyes and faced forward "Of course. Somehow she found out"she said and continued walking.

Belle was wearing a white pleated mini skirt on a button down waist length white cardigan. She had a red knitted muffler around her neck and a red beret as well on her head. She was also wearing a pointed toe 6 inch stilleto white thigh high boots and. Her suitcase was also white which complimented her whole outfit.

The beret might seem planned to anyone who saw Amelia and Belle together, but it was more natural for Belle because of the country she was from.

Belle ran up to her and swung her arm around Amelia's shoulders pushing both of them forward.

"Why are you being so posh with me Mon amour?" She asked, and Amelia automatically glared at her, but Belle only smiled.

She took her hands off Amelia's shoulders and looked behind to see the person following Amelia. She turned back to her friend "Who is this?" She asked and Amelia replied "She is the replacement for Brittney. Her name is Arabel". Belle gasped "You fired her because of what I said?"

Amelia looked at her weirdly, but then she remembered she had not told Belle about the new photos she got."We'll talk about it later"

They had already arrived at the jet. The flight attendants took the suitcases from Arabel and she bowed respectfully at them, following Amelia and Belle into the jet.

When Arabel saw the interior, she was amazed.

It was an all black private jet, very different from the exterior. Even the chairs were black. The only place that had the color white was the place where the portholes were. Every other place was in black.

Belle looked at Arabel's dazed state. She smiled at her "It's horrifying, right?" She asked and Amelia turned to look at the girl as well, but she gave the opposite of what they expected.

"It's so pretty"

She moved to touch the chairs and the portholes, then she looked to Amelia "President Amelia, which company made this?" She asked and went back to accessing the place.

It was Amelia's turn to be surprised "um.. uh.. It's.. it's Netjets. I have a partnership with them, and they gave me this as a gift" She replied and Arabel nodded, then she turned back to Amelia "It's really beautiful" She complimented and Amelia smiled and nodded.

Belle looked at both of them and sighed "Okay. It seems this whole thing is contagious, cause I don't know how you find this scary place beautiful" she moved ahead of them to avoid contacting whatever it was that was going on.

Amelia turned to Belle "There are two rooms when you go in. Take room 2, I'll stay in room 1 with my friend. Her name is Belle by the way" She informed her and Arabel nodded. She wanted to protest about her staying alone in a room which seemed disrespectful on her part, but Amelia answered her thoughts

"And don't worry. The master room is big enough to take on three people, and the room you are staying in is for only one person" Amelia said to Arabel and she nodded again in understanding.

Amelia left her and went to the room Belle was in. She opened the door and saw that Belle was already on the king sized bed with a laptop on her lap, two wine bottles and two glass cups on the bed side table.

"How did you know I was traveling today, Belle?" Amelia asked calmly, and Belle replied with her eyes still on her laptop "You would not ask for a location randomly now, would you?" She took up the glass that had wine in it and drank.

"How did you know it was today?" Amelia emphasized on 'today'. Belle finally looked at her with a cute face "I didn't know. I was here yesterday as well".

Amelia blinked and Belle blinked back twice. They continued to stare at each other for three seconds, then Amelia groaned and looked away making Belle smile.

Amelia walked to the closet. She took off her coat, fixing it neatly on a hanger, and then she took off her mask and beret as well to feel free.

She walked out of the closet and to the bedside table, and then she took up the wine bottle that was not opened.

Belle brought out two bottles because she was capable of drinking a whole bottle herself. If she was not controlled, she could take two bottles. God bless Amelia.

Amelia poured wine into the glass in her hand and brought it to her nose. She took her sweet precious time savoring the aroma of the fruity wine with her nostrils, and then she drank.

Belle kept her eyes on Amelia through her whole process of wine tasting, and then she took up her own glass and drank without all the necessary etiquette Amelia made use of.

Amelia squinted her eyebrows "What country are you from?"

Belle answered "France"

"You're not"

Belle looked at her "Why?"

" The last time I checked, a French citizen has class. They know how to treat wine delicately and with respect. Drinking wine is part of their culture, Belle. But you don't even know a single thing about the etiquette of drinking wine" Amelia answered Belle's question and took another sip from her glass.

Belle chuckled "Trust me, Mon amour. When you see me in France, you'll know I have all the necessary class I need. I'm trying to breathe since I am not in my country" she answered her

Amelia nodded " If you say so" and said nothing else. Belle spoke up again "This guy has been trying to track me down. It's cute" she giggled.

Amelia bent down to look at Belle's laptop "Who's that?"

"The people we are going to meet"

Amelia looked and saw a whole profile on a man with his passport on the right side of the man.

"I don't think anyone looks this good in a passport. They just know how to make you look your worse. But him, he is more than fine" Belle giggled some more. Amelia looked at her like she was crazy.

The man's face was stone cold, without even a single expression on his face. He had a perfect chiseled jawline and straight nose with dark green eyes, but there was mark from beneath his right ear that went down and stopped at his neck. From afar, it would seem like a tattoo but up close, it was a scar.

He looked like someone who had a lot of criminal records and Belle fantasizing over him made Amelia think there was something wrong with her.

"His name is Bernardo Aiello. He's 29, single, Italian and French" She immediately gasped " Les français" She awed.

Amelia said nothing and just moved away from Belle.

There was a knock on the door, so Amelia walked into the closet and Belle answered. The door opened and a flight attendant came in. Amelia also walked out of the closet with her mask on.

She smiled at them "Good morning President Amelia and Miss Belle. We will soon be off the ground, so we need you to come seat and fasten your seatbelts to prepare for takeoff" She smiled politely.

"Thank you. There is someone in the other room as well. Please inform her" Amelia thanked her and she bowed respectfully and closed the door.

After closing the door, she pulled on a sad face "I thought I would be able to see her face. Doesn't she ever take off her mask?" She said to herself a little agitated. She shook the thoughts out of her head, and then she wore on her professional smile and moved to the room where Arabel was.

Amelia and Belle came out of their room and met Arabel seated with her seat belt in place.

"You've been on a plane before?" Belle asked her as she took her seat opposite Amelia. Arabel shook her head "This is my first time. The flight attendant helped me with this" She pointed to the seat belt and Belle nodded.

Belle asked her another question "How old are you? You look very young"

"I'm 25"

"You are what?" Belle asked for confirmation

"I'm 25"

"You're what?" This was Amelia

"I'm 25" Arabel replied all the same.

There was complete silence everywhere, and then Amelia muttered out "I thought you were 21"

"21?" Belle looked at Amelia shocked "I thought she was 19"

Arabel chuckled "I finished university when I was 20. And the youthfulness, It's a family thing. We all just seem to look younger than our age". Belle looked at Arabel with a loving face "Can your mom adopt me? I'm sure I can still have it from that"

Amelia shook her head while Arabel just laughed.

A flight attendant came up to them "Welcome everyone. We are about to take off. I hope your seatbelts are fastened. This flight is going to be for 2 hours and 8 minutes..." She continued to give the necessary instructions to ensure a safe flight with them.